Ductal adenocarcinoma of the prostate diagnosed on transurethral biopsy or resection is not always indicative of aggressive disease: Implications for clinical management

BJU International

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 476-480

  Aydin, Hakan ^a   Zhang, Jun ^b   Samaratunga, Hemamali ^c   Tan, Nelly ^a   Magi Galluzzi, Cristina ^a   Klein, Eric ^a   Jones, J Stephen ^a   Zhou, Ming ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Aquesta Pathology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ductal adenocarcinoma of the prostate; Outcomes; Pathology; Prostate carcinoma; Transurethral biopsy

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATECTOMY; SEMINAL VESICLE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE;

EID: 76149095948     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08812.x     Document Type: Article

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